Welcome and Call to Order

Quorum is present and the meeting will be called to order at 8:05 pm.

Approval of Agenda

So that there is agreement between board members on the agenda, and the amount of time spent on the meeting, the board shall vote to approve an agenda for the meeting. To the best of its ability, it will follow that agenda, and allow for the chair to move the board through the agenda as specified.

Approval of Minutes

Review and approval of prior meeting minutes.

Public Comment

Our Public Comment period is for members of the public to address the board. Each member of the public may sign up to comment at the meeting by requesting an opportunity to comment by email to the board chair or by sign-up prior to the welcome and call to order, and will be allotted two minutes. The board will listen, but may not directly respond to any comments. Our meetings are open to the public and public record. As such, if your comment is about a private matter, please contact the board via email, or speak to the board chair privately.

No public is present.

School Leader Report

• Construction- substantial completion pushed to April 30th
• 2nd floor has been completed
• Coming up drywall, staircases, and electrical 
• GCSA Legislative Breakfast- Panelists included Jason Downey, Tori, Lauren Holcomb, Mesha Manor
• Continued advocacy work
• Spark grant awardee- design adult online learning platform

Committee Reports

Academic / Recruitment

Resurgence Hall Charter School: Review academic dashboard, which includes schoolwide enrollment, attendance averages, demographic data, RHCS entry year, attrition rate and reason for both students and staff, school climate indicators, parent engagement indicators, and staff engagement indicators. Enrollment FY23.

Resurgence Hall Middle Academy: Review academic dashboard, which includes schoolwide enrollment, attendance averages, demographic data, RHMA entry year, attrition rate and reason for both students and staff, school climate indicators, parent engagement indicators, and staff engagement indicators. Enrollment FY23.

• Attrition- Reason- Relocation in GA is the second-highest reason
• Double the number of application submissions from last year
• Content Mastery Score- 87.6 compared to the district average of 70.4
• STEP data
• Q1 and Q2 STEP performance per grade level
• Q1 and Q2 Progress to EOY goal per grade level
• FY22 Q1, Q2, Q3 Progress to EOY goal per grade level

Governance

Resurgence Hall Charter School: Review board membership, board recruitment, board fundraising progress, and the review of policies that govern Resurgence Hall Charter School.

Resurgence Hall Middle Academy: Review board membership, board recruitment, board fundraising progress, and the review of policies that govern Resurgence Hall Middle Academy.

• SCSC Governance Training February 7th-8th in Athens, April 12th-13th in Atlanta
• Fundraising- FY23 Goal- 100k, 2 channels include corporations and local businesses
• Next steps- recruitment of committee members, identification of 2 candidates so far, ask of board members is to send 2 nominations to Nelmaris by 2/1
• The annual fundraiser in spring, April.
• Lets “Fun Raise” annual giving campaign for building out the playground
• Procedures for Requesting SSN notice: At the time of initial enrollment or at the beginning of a school year for a student who has already enrolled but who has not provided a Social Security Number (“SSN”), RH will request that the student provide the student’s SSN, in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 20-2-150. RH uses SSNs to ensure accurate enrollment information, to help prevent fraudulent student attendance reporting, and to maintain official school records for students. No student shall be denied enrollment at RH for declining to provide a Social Security number or for declining to apply for such number. If you decline to provide a Social Security number for your child, you must fill out a Statement of Objection to Use of Social Security Number for Student Identification form, available on our website. Please note that individuals who do not provide an SSN will not be eligible for the Georgia Hope Scholarship funds.

Finance

Resurgence Hall Charter School: Financial Update November and December

November and December.

• 948K increase in operating income vs budget - due largely to higher than budgeted grant funding from Charter School
• Growth Fund and Spark Grant
• Savings in expenses due to the reallocation of staff to MA
• SCSC Financial Indicators- 80/100

Resurgence Hall Middle Academy: Financial Update November and December

• 698K increase in operating income vs budget - due largely to shifting CSP grant to FY23
• SCSC Financial Indicators- 55/100

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Approval of Financials Resurgence Hall Charter School

Approval of Financials Resurgence Hall Middle Academy

Discussion and Vote RE: Financial Policy Update - LUA section IV-31-3

Per SCSC, The school's financial procedures do not appear to contain the elements suggested by LUA manual Section IV-31-3 (page 1). The school is encouraged to revise its procedures to accord with LUA Manual recommendations by including a debt provision.

Discussion and Vote RE: Procedures Requesting SSN Notice

Discussion and Vote RE: FMLA Notice

Chairman's Remarks

“The new year stands before us like the chapter of a book waiting to be written.” Resurgence is writing many chapters about what charter schools can be. Thank you for coming in tonight. Excited about fundraising, and the 100K will be raised.

Adjournment

End of meeting.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:13 pm.